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NIELIT Director Calls AI Banking Flaw Discovery a Global Alert

Trending Tech·4 min

NIELIT Director Calls AI Banking Flaw Discovery a Global Alert

Sheetal Chopra, Director at India's NIELIT, says the recent AI-led discovery of 27-year-old banking vulnerabilities should alarm financial institutions worldwide, not just in the US. Speaking at a CII event, she emphasized the need for rapid technology adoption and data security measures across the sector.

Huma Shazia·30 Apr 2026

Samsung Posts Record Profit as HBM Chips Triple Revenue

Trending Tech·4 min

Samsung Posts Record Profit as HBM Chips Triple Revenue

Samsung Electronics reported a 756% surge in quarterly operating profit, driven by AI-fueled demand for high-bandwidth memory chips. The company expects HBM revenue to triple this year as customers scramble to secure supply through 2026.

Huma Shazia·30 Apr 2026

AI Finds 27-Year-Old Banking Flaws: A Global Wake-Up Call

Trending Tech·4 min

AI Finds 27-Year-Old Banking Flaws: A Global Wake-Up Call

NIELIT Director Sheetal Chopra says AI's discovery of decades-old vulnerabilities in banking systems should alarm financial institutions worldwide. Speaking at a CII event, she urged India and other nations to accelerate their technology readiness before similar flaws are exploited.

Manaal Khan·30 Apr 2026

Italy Closes AI Probes After DeepSeek, Mistral Add Disclaimers

Trending Tech·4 min

Italy Closes AI Probes After DeepSeek, Mistral Add Disclaimers

Italy's antitrust authority concluded investigations into DeepSeek, Mistral AI, and Turkish firm Scaleup after all three agreed to warn users about AI hallucination risks. The companies will add permanent disclaimers to their chatbot services, with DeepSeek also committing to invest in technology that reduces inaccurate outputs.

Huma Shazia·30 Apr 2026

Samsung Posts Record $38.4B Quarterly Profit on AI Chip Demand

Trending Tech·4 min

Samsung Posts Record $38.4B Quarterly Profit on AI Chip Demand

Samsung Electronics reported its highest-ever quarterly profit, with operating income jumping 750% year-over-year to 57.2 trillion won ($38.4 billion). The semiconductor division drove nearly all of the gains as AI chip demand continues to reshape the memory market.

Manaal Khan·30 Apr 2026

Nadella Says Microsoft Will 'Exploit' OpenAI Deal Through 2032

Trending Tech·4 min

Nadella Says Microsoft Will 'Exploit' OpenAI Deal Through 2032

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella defended the company's revised OpenAI partnership on an earnings call, revealing royalty-free access to frontier AI models until 2032. Despite OpenAI's new deal with Amazon, Microsoft's AI business hit $37 billion in annual revenue, up 123% year over year.

Manaal Khan·30 Apr 2026

Microsoft Copilot Hits 20M Paid Users, Matches Outlook Usage

Trending Tech·4 min

Microsoft Copilot Hits 20M Paid Users, Matches Outlook Usage

Microsoft revealed its M365 Copilot AI assistant now has 20 million paid enterprise seats. CEO Satya Nadella says weekly engagement matches Outlook levels, with queries per user up 20% quarter over quarter.

Manaal Khan·30 Apr 2026

Copy Fail Vulnerability Roots Any Linux Since 2017

Trending Tech·5 min

Copy Fail Vulnerability Roots Any Linux Since 2017

A new privilege escalation vulnerability, CVE-2026-31431, affects every mainstream Linux distribution released since 2017. The exploit requires only a 732-byte Python script and an unprivileged local account to gain root access.

Manaal Khan·30 Apr 2026

Roku's $3 Howdy Streaming Service Hits 1 Million Subscribers

Trending Tech·4 min

Roku's $3 Howdy Streaming Service Hits 1 Million Subscribers

Six months after launch, research firm Antenna estimates Roku's ad-free Howdy service has crossed 1 million subscribers. The budget streamer's 51% retention rate beats industry averages, suggesting price sensitivity trumps content freshness for many viewers.

Huma Shazia·30 Apr 2026

Trending Tech·4 min

Google TV Gets Gemini AI Tools for Photo and Video Creation

Google is rolling out Gemini-powered features to Google TV, including image generation with Nano Banana and video creation with Veo. The update also adds a YouTube Shorts feed to the home screen and smarter Google Photos search.

Huma Shazia·29 Apr 2026

Netherlands Launches Self-Hosted Git Platform for Government

Trending Tech·4 min

Netherlands Launches Self-Hosted Git Platform for Government

The Dutch government has launched code.overheid.nl, a fully self-hosted open-source code platform built on Forgejo. The pilot project aims to give government agencies a sovereign alternative to GitHub and GitLab while keeping code development within national infrastructure.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

Sri Lanka Loses $625K in Second Hack as BEC Attacks Expand

Trending Tech·4 min

Sri Lanka Loses $625K in Second Hack as BEC Attacks Expand

Sri Lanka disclosed a second missing payment of $625,000 to the U.S. Postal Service, just days after revealing a $2.5 million theft from its finance ministry. The incidents appear to be business email compromise attacks, and Australian officials have flagged similar irregularities in payments from Sri Lanka.

Huma Shazia·29 Apr 2026

75% of E-Commerce Products Fail EU Safety Tests: French Regulator

Trending Tech·4 min

75% of E-Commerce Products Fail EU Safety Tests: French Regulator

France's consumer watchdog tested 600+ products from major e-commerce platforms and found three-quarters violated EU standards. Nearly half were classified as both non-compliant and dangerous, with 100% of tested electrical appliances failing safety requirements.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

OpenAI Ignored Safety Team Warnings Before Canada Shooting

Trending Tech·5 min

OpenAI Ignored Safety Team Warnings Before Canada Shooting

Seven lawsuits filed in California allege OpenAI's leadership overruled internal safety experts who flagged a ChatGPT account as a credible threat eight months before one of Canada's deadliest school shootings. The company chose to deactivate the account rather than alert police, who already had a file on the shooter.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

44 CVEs in Rust Coreutils: Why the Borrow Checker Isn't Enough

Trending Tech·6 min

44 CVEs in Rust Coreutils: Why the Borrow Checker Isn't Enough

Canonical's audit of uutils, the Rust rewrite of GNU coreutils, found 44 security vulnerabilities. None were caught by Rust's borrow checker, clippy, or cargo audit. The bugs reveal a blind spot in how we think about Rust's safety guarantees.

Huma Shazia·29 Apr 2026

Why Your Boss Won't Stop Using ChatGPT to Email You

Trending Tech·5 min

Why Your Boss Won't Stop Using ChatGPT to Email You

A growing number of managers rely on AI chatbots to write workplace messages, and employees are noticing. From sick day replies to team announcements, workers say the practice feels impersonal and erodes trust. Some founders admit they learned the hard way after teams called them out.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

Trending Tech·5 min

How ChatGPT Serves Ads: The Full Attribution Loop Revealed

A security researcher has reverse-engineered OpenAI's advertising infrastructure, revealing how ChatGPT injects ads into conversations using encrypted click tokens and contextual targeting. The findings expose a sophisticated two-sided platform connecting real-time ad delivery with merchant tracking.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

GitHub RCE Flaw: 88% of Enterprise Servers Still Vulnerable

Trending Tech·5 min

GitHub RCE Flaw: 88% of Enterprise Servers Still Vulnerable

Wiz Research discovered a critical vulnerability in GitHub's git infrastructure that allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands with a single git push. While GitHub.com was patched within 6 hours, nearly 9 in 10 GitHub Enterprise Server instances remain unpatched and at risk of full server compromise.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

Musk vs OpenAI Trial: How the Courtroom Battle Unfolds

Trending Tech·5 min

Musk vs OpenAI Trial: How the Courtroom Battle Unfolds

The high-stakes trial between Elon Musk and OpenAI kicked off this week in Oakland, California. Musk claims the company abandoned its nonprofit mission. The unusual two-phase structure means a jury advises on liability, but the judge decides remedies.

Manaal Khan·29 Apr 2026

Social Media Scams Cost Americans $2.1 Billion in 2025

Cybersecurity·4 min

Social Media Scams Cost Americans $2.1 Billion in 2025

The Federal Trade Commission reports that social media scams have grown eightfold since 2020. Investment fraud and shopping scams account for most losses, with Facebook leading as the platform where most scams originate.

Huma Shazia·28 Apr 2026

LocalSend: Open-Source AirDrop Alternative Works Across All Platforms

Trending Tech·4 min

LocalSend: Open-Source AirDrop Alternative Works Across All Platforms

LocalSend lets you share files between Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS without internet or cloud servers. The free app uses local network encryption and has gained traction on Hacker News as a privacy-focused alternative to proprietary solutions.

Huma Shazia·28 Apr 2026

YouTube Tests AI Search That Mixes Text and Video Results

Trending Tech·4 min

YouTube Tests AI Search That Mixes Text and Video Results

YouTube is experimenting with an 'Ask YouTube' feature that delivers step-by-step answers combining text, short clips, and full videos. Currently available to U.S. Premium subscribers who opt in, the tool handles follow-up questions and could eventually expand to all users.

Manaal Khan·28 Apr 2026

MacBook Prices Drop: 3 Models Now More Affordable

Trending Tech·4 min

MacBook Prices Drop: 3 Models Now More Affordable

Apple has slashed prices on MacBook models including the new Neo 13-inch with A18 Pro chip and the M4-powered Air. The discounts span online and offline retailers, offering entry points for students and professionals seeking Apple's performance and portability.

Huma Shazia·28 Apr 2026

Amazon Warns Engineers: Skip 'Bleeding Edge' AI Tools

Trending Tech·4 min

Amazon Warns Engineers: Skip 'Bleeding Edge' AI Tools

Amazon's retail division has released six internal AI engineering guidelines that prioritize working solutions over cheap ones and stability over hype. The policy tells teams to avoid chasing the newest AI advancements unless switching costs clearly justify the change.

Manaal Khan·28 Apr 2026

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